nightscape

English

Etymology

From night +‎ -scape.

Pronunciation

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Noun

nightscape (plural nightscapes)

1. The nighttime landscape, or a depiction thereof.

   Artificial light has a pronounced effect on the nightscape.

   • 1930, Sax Rohmer, The Day the World Ended, published 1969, page xiii. 116:

     I saw a moon-bathed nightscape.